Elliott Brenda, Chargualaf Katie A, Patterson Barbara
Division of Nursing and Health Sciences, Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
School of Nursing, University of South Carolina Aiken, Aiken, South Carolina.
Nurs Forum. 2019 Oct;54(4):619-628. doi: 10.1111/nuf.12386. Epub 2019 Sep 9.
Veterans transition to baccalaureate nursing education with significant experiences from their military service. Faculty play a role in facilitating this transition, in and out of the classroom. Approaches to enhance nursing education programs to better meet student veterans' needs have been proposed. However, less is known about the experiences of faculty teaching student veterans. A qualitative descriptive design was used to examine nursing faculty experiences teaching veterans, and in facilitating veterans' transfer of learning and knowledge from their military experience to baccalaureate nursing education. Semi-structured interviews with twelve faculty from the United States were conducted and data analyzed using content and thematic analysis. Three major themes included: committing to my mission, facilitating a shared understanding between military service and nursing, and appreciating a new duty. Results support faculty purposefully engaging in activities to increase their cultural sensitivity, while continuously developing humility and competence, to be successful teaching student veterans. Nursing faculty are positioned to leverage education as a means to improve the social status of veterans, ultimately improving their health and well-being, as well as academic success. It is recommended schools of nursing encourage and support faculty in attending professional development activities aimed at improving individual cultural sensitivity.
退伍军人凭借其军事服役的丰富经历过渡到护理学学士学位教育。教师在课堂内外促进这一过渡过程中发挥着作用。人们已经提出了改进护理教育项目以更好地满足退伍军人学生需求的方法。然而，对于教授退伍军人学生的教师的经历了解较少。本研究采用质性描述性设计，以考察护理教师教授退伍军人学生的经历，以及促进退伍军人将其军事经历中的学习和知识转移到护理学学士学位教育中的情况。对来自美国的12名教师进行了半结构化访谈，并使用内容分析和主题分析对数据进行了分析。三个主要主题包括：致力于我的使命、促进对军事服役与护理之间的共同理解、以及领会新职责。研究结果支持教师有目的地参与各种活动，以提高他们对文化的敏感性，同时不断培养谦逊和能力，从而成功地教授退伍军人学生。护理教师有能力利用教育作为提高退伍军人社会地位的一种手段，最终改善他们的健康和福祉以及学业成就状况。建议护理学院鼓励并支持教师参加旨在提高个人文化敏感性的专业发展活动。
